Brad Waters’ best bets and value play for The Valley races Friday night

A consistent on-pacer can get the job done early in the night while an in-form frontrunner will be hard to catch at $9 in the last race of Friday night’s meeting at The Valley.

Form aexpert Brad Waters analyses Friday night’s meeting at The Valley, presenting his best bets, value selection and jockey to follow.

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BEST BET
MI ROCK ALY (Race 1 No. 2 – $2.80): The Warrnambool mare has turned in excellent efforts in her last two outings in Saturday grade. She can break through this time.

NEXT BEST
TRAPEZE WARRIOR (Race 4 No. 6 – $3.40): Wasn’t far away in a blanket finish at Sandown. He’s drawn well and should get every possible chance to win here.

NAVY HEART (Race 6 No. 4 – $6): Chased well when resuming over 1425m at Geelong. She’s capable of racing closer to the lead and will be much fitter.

VALUE BET
NEPRAVDA (Race 8 No. 6 – $9): She has shown good pace to lead and win her last two outings. She’ll be hard to run down in the last.

THE JOCKEY – BLAKE SHINN
The gun hoop heads to The Valley for seven rides on Friday. RIP ‘N’ RIP (Race 2 No. 4 – $1.85), KADDARI (Race 3 No. 9 – $4), THE SHOWVINIST (Race 4 No. 4 – $5.50), MOON AND BACK (Race 5 No. 2 – $4.40), PRINCESS MONTECITO (Race 6 No. 7 – $5.50), LYGON STREET LUIGI (Race 7 No. 4 – $3.20), TIME LAPSE (Race 8 No. 7 – $4.40).

Originally published as Brad Waters’ best bets and value play for The Valley races Friday night